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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 1998Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 January 1998364,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
364,629 km226,570 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1998 at 06:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 28, 199806:01
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 3, 199822:54

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1998 to the new moon of February 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.48 days.